OS 10.5 - Reinstalling Orginal (Gray) System Discs with new HD

Big Dan · Big Dan #1 (**permalink**)

06-21-2009, 07:56 AM

Howdy folks,

I've been considering upgrading my Mac Mini's Hard drive to something bigger even though I'm nervous about cracking open and working in such a little case I just might do it.

I have one question, the original discs that came with my Mini are the gray ones, I know they're locked down to specific machines. Will they install if there's a different hard drive in the machine?

At the rate I'm going I may just wait until I buy Snow Leopard to upgrade the HD depending on whether or not the $29 upgrade is going to be a full installer or just an upgrade version from Leopard.

cwa107 · cwa107 #2 (**permalink**)

06-21-2009, 08:45 AM

You should be fine. It's the chipset that ties the disc to the original machine, not the hard drive.

Big Dan · Big Dan #3 (**permalink**)

06-21-2009, 12:21 PM

I figured it wouldn't be tied to HD but was wondering about a hardware hash of some sorts. Thanks, CWA.

cwa107 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 20, 2006 Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania Posts: 25,916 Mac Specs: 15" MBP, Core i7/2GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB Crucial M4 SSD	06-21-2009, 08:45 AM You should be fine. It's the chipset that ties the disc to the original machine, not the hard drive. Liquid and computers don't mix. It might seem simple, but we see an incredible amount of people post here about spills. Keep drinks and other liquids away from your expensive electronics!
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Big Dan #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 01, 2009 Location: New York Posts: 95 Mac Specs: Mini 1.83Ghz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, running 10.6.1	06-21-2009, 07:56 AM Howdy folks, I've been considering upgrading my Mac Mini's Hard drive to something bigger even though I'm nervous about cracking open and working in such a little case I just might do it. I have one question, the original discs that came with my Mini are the gray ones, I know they're locked down to specific machines. Will they install if there's a different hard drive in the machine? At the rate I'm going I may just wait until I buy Snow Leopard to upgrade the HD depending on whether or not the $29 upgrade is going to be a full installer or just an upgrade version from Leopard.
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